Multimedia Resources

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Learning Objective 11.1 Discuss the historical significance of prisons and their influence on today’s institutions

Web Link: Eastern State Penitentiary: A Prison With a Past
Summary: Philadelphia set the stage for prison reform not only in Pennsylvania, but also the world over

Learning Objective 11.3 Compare the differences between federal, state, private, and military prisons

Video Link: Prisons for Profit
Summary: Corporations are running many American prisons -- are they putting profits before prisoners?

Learning Objective 11.4 Identify the different security levels of prison institutions

Web Link: Prison Security Levels
Summary: Website for the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Learning Objective 11.5 Discuss how issues such as racial disproportionality, overcrowding, and prison misconduct impact the management of prisons

Audio Link: Doubling Up Prisoners In 'Solitary' Creates Deadly Consequences
Summary: An investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project, a news organization that specializes in criminal justice, found that this practice — called double celling — is widespread in state and federal prisons. And as we learned, those cellmates often fight, attack and, sometimes, kill.

Learning Objective 11.6 Discuss how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Bill of Rights for inmates

Audio Link: California Prisons To Limit Number Of Inmates In Solitary Confinement
Summary: California authorities have agreed to sharply limit the number of inmates held in isolation for long periods of time, a major development in the national debate about solitary confinement.

Learning Objective 11.7 Identify the challenges that correctional officers face on the job

Video Link: Alarming number of corrections officers driven to suicide
Summary: More than a dozen corrections officers have taken their lives over recent years in a heartbreaking and disturbing trend, and 5 Investigates digs deeper into what's pushing them over the edge.